Public prosecutors request lifting of parliamentary immunity for former minister involved in motorway death crash
The words of former minister of interior administration Eduardo Cabrita – that he was “just a passenger” when his official car hit and killed a service worker on the A6
Self-scheduling for Covid booster shots opens for over-35s
The DGS self-scheduling platform for Covid booster shots is now open to the over-35s (click here). The same platform remains open to anyone aged 60 or more who wants to
Government’s hopes for robust early voting turnout collapse
SIC television news is reporting today that the number of citizens who have ‘signed up’ for early voting on January 23 is roughly four times less than the government expected.
PCP leader Jerónimo de Sousa bounces back
With the PCP election campaign hampered by Covid (click here) , and the need for surgery last week of its figurehead (click here), news today is that 74-year-old Jerónimo de
PAN speaks out against Portugal’s loony-tune lithium policy
People Animals Nature party PAN has added its voice to the clamour that the last government’s policy regarding lithium extraction “make no sense”, particularly in protected areas, with heritage landscape
PM closes doors on left-wing coalition, insisting on absolute majority
In another pre-election interview, Portugal’s prime minister António Costa has shown himself to be ‘reaching’ for what critics (and the polls) seem to think is impossible: an absolute majority. Talking
“Leave those kids alone!”
Algarve judge rules in favour of battling parents Child psychiatrist Pedro Caldeira da Silva came out this week defending the urgent need to “find a way of freeing children” from
Council of Ministers to alter resolution allowing ‘people in isolation’ to leave home to vote
Thursday’s Council of Ministers will be altering a previous resolution that could have effectively kept hundreds of thousands of citizens ‘stuck at home on voting day’ on January 30. In
Focus on cases continues: ‘record high’ today as Portugal “passes 2 million” since start of pandemic
In spite of all the calls from ‘experts’ to throttle back on sensationalist headlines and ‘case counting’ that is becoming meaningless, the Portuguese media is carrying on regardless, describing the
Algarve mayor takes on CMTV: official complaint lodged with PJ police
Olhão mayor António Pina is on the attack following the CMTV exposé on Monday evening, insinuating “corruption” and “illicit acts” taint the ongoing drama on Armona island where 144 houses